On October 11, the 11th year of Astronomy, it has been more than 10 days since the last war, and the Tsugawa family is slowly calming down, and the "post-disaster reconstruction" of Tsugawa Castle is also proceeding in an orderly manner. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside the castle tower, Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki, two important internal ministers of the Tsugawa family, stood beside Tsugawa Soji and talked to Tsugawa Soji.

"Lord, the southern area of Tsugawa City is the most serious place in this fire, and the houses here are relatively dense, so the houses that were burned in this fire are basically located here." Ogasawara pointed ahead and said to Soji Tsugawa.

Saigo Muzo on the side also spoke, "Your Majesty has organized special personnel to build houses for the people whose houses were burned down, and if it goes well, it will be completed in about a month." ”

"Hmm. Be sure to complete the relevant matters before the winter. Soharu Tsugawa said, "How is the mood of the people?" ”

"After these few days of appeasement, the mood of the lords has stabilized, and the lord loves the lords so much, and everyone is very grateful for the kindness of the lord." Saigo Kizo said with a smile.

Soji Tsugawa continued, "Well, the more times like this, the more the family must care for the people, and as long as the people recognize the family from the heart, then the rule of the family will be unbreakable. Even if something similar happens in the future, or even a more serious one, the people will fully believe in and support their family. ”

"What the lord said is very true!" Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki both said in admiration.

As a person of later generations, Tsugawa Soji knew very well that the power of the masses was very strong. Compared with the Ming Dynasty of the same period, as long as the peasants here can let them live, even if the living standard is low, as long as they do not starve to death, the peasants will not have any other ideas.

Therefore, the peasants of the RB Warring States period are really easy to coax, and what Tsugawa Soji has to do now is just to make these peasants recognize themselves and recognize the Tsugawa family's rule over them, so that there will be no turmoil within the Tsugawa family.

"My lord, the autumn harvest has also ended, and this year's harvest is much less than last year due to the invasion of several forces, especially in Maeda Township in the west, because of the looting by the Yuri Party." Saigo Muzao said melancholy.

Soji Tsugawa sighed and said, "What an eventful season, how is the specific harvest?" ”

"In a few years, 47,200 stone of grain was harvested in the territory, and about 24,000 stone of grain was collected, plus the previous grain storage, the current grain balance of the family is 37,000 stone." Saigo Kizo replied. Because the Tsugawa family implements the system of six public and four people, and some of the ashigaru families who were injured or even killed in battle have lower taxes, so although the Tsugawa family is more than 50,000 and close to 60,000, the actual harvest is not high, plus this year's changes, so there is only about 24,000 stone of agricultural tax income.

However, Tsugawa Soji is still quite satisfied, "It's been hard work for the past two years. Tsugawa Soji patted Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki on the shoulder encouragingly, this sentence was from the bottom of Tsukawa's heart, after all, the internal affairs of the Tsugawa family in the past two years have been in charge of Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki, and the burden on the two of them is not heavy.

Ogasawara said modestly, "Actually, I didn't do anything, but Saigo-sama worked hard." ”

Seeing that the two of them were still giving in to each other, Tsugawa Soji smiled and said, "Okay, you don't have to be humble, the two of you have been in charge of the internal affairs of the family in the past two years, and this is the praise you deserve." ”

"Huh." Seeing that Soji Tsugawa had already said so, Saigo Kizo and Ogasawara Shintoki would not shirk it anymore.

Soji Tsugawa continued, "At the moment, there is nothing important about the family, and the matter of selecting talents mentioned earlier should also be put on the agenda. ”

"I wonder if you two have any ideas?"

After listening to Tsugawa Soji's words, Ogasawara Shintoki replied, "My lord, the talents in the family are indeed very scarce, especially in the field of internal affairs, and I and Saigo-sama alone cannot fully support the entire Tsugawa family." Not to mention that the family will expand again in the future, so the people in the internal affairs need to be replenished urgently. ”

"Hmm." Soji Tsugawa nodded approvingly, and then asked, "Then what talents have you noticed during this time?" ”

"Back to the lord, there are two candidates here." Saigo Kizo said at this time.

"Who?"

"Shirata in-house in Shiraiwa and Kiuchi Nagaru in Kiuchi Village, Tanuchi Castle." Saigo Kizo replied.

After hearing this, Tsugawa Soji nodded, "I've heard of the Shinbata family before, and it's a useful talent, but who is this Kiuchi Changru?" ”

Saigo Kizo was not surprised by Tsugawa Soji's doubts, and quickly explained, "My lord, speaking of which, this Kiuchi Nagaru is an old acquaintance of his subordinates, and he became acquainted with Kiuchi Nagaru when his subordinates traveled in the Mutsu Okutsugaru area a few years ago. ”

"Kiuchi Nagaru is the son of the head of the village of Kiuchi outside the castle of Yanuchi, and he has always wanted to become a samurai, and he has traveled abroad before to find out if any wealthy family can take a fancy to him and become a samurai. However, it is a pity that he was rejected every time, and after many unsuccessful attempts to find a job, Kiuchi Nagaru returned to the countryside, and it is said that he is currently helping his father deal with the affairs of the village in Kiuchi Village. ”

"According to His Majesty's understanding of Kiuchi Nagaru, Kiuchi Nagaru is completely condescending to be in charge of the affairs of a small village." Saigo Kizo said regretfully.

Tsugawa Soji then asked, "Since you think that this Kiuchi Nagaru is a capable person, then you might as well let him come to see me, if it is really useful, the family will not let go of any talent." In addition, Shinbata's in-laws also sent someone to summon him to come to Tsugawa Castle. ”

"Yes!" Saigo Kizo hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, wait a minute, and send someone to deliver a message to Kiuchi Nagaru and Shinbata's in-laws. ”

"Hmm." Soji Tsugawa nodded, turned to look at Ogasawara Shinshi on the side, and said, "Shintoki, what about you?" Who are the candidates? ”

Ogasawara hesitated for a moment, then said, "Since the lord asked, the ministers also had the courage to recommend one." ”

"This man is the subordinate brother of his subordinates, named Yasunaga Ogasawara, and he is quite talented. The day before yesterday, he wrote that he had already run away from Ogasawara's house, and that he was currently traveling in Dewa, and that he would come to visit me soon, and that it would not be long before Yasunaga would come to Tsugawa Castle," Ogasawara said with certainty.

"Okay, once Yasunaga Ogasawara arrives at Tsugawa Castle, be sure to bring him to see me." Soji Tsugawa said with a smile. If this Ogasawara Yasunaga is like Ogasawara Shintoki, then he will have picked up a treasure, even if his talent is only half of that of Ogasawara Shintoki, it will be very good.

In the past few years since he came to the Warring States Period, Tsugawa Soji deeply felt that even if there are many people who have not left their names in history, there are many people who are very capable, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the current retainers of the Tsugawa family, Yoshikawa Hiroke and Mizutani Hisaharu and others, are already great generals.

So Tsugawa Soji is not as enthusiastic about those historical figures as he was at the beginning, on the contrary, Tsugawa Soji is more willing to give those samurai who are not famous a chance, a chance to prove themselves!

What these people lack is just a stage to show their abilities to the world, and it just so happens that the Tsugawa family is such a stage! (To be continued.) )